The Pop Underground

I saw pictures from the space shuttle
North America at night
I could almost see my house
I could almost see the rest of my life
Now my mothers in the hospital
And my friends are in the news
Collecting trophies for the songs they wrote
When we lived in the shadow of the moon

Guess I never make a gold record
And I have never been to mars
But I've traveled 'round this world
Shooting fireworks at falling stars
No prison bars
And my fathers got a decent job
I hear he's finally pulling through
There's more to life than singing songs we write
When we are in the shadow of the moon

I see colors
When I hear your voice
Grab your wings they're putting gravity on trial
I see colors
I don't hear the noise
Because we're only flying for a while
Because we're only flying for a while

I saw this picture of my niece
Twisting high above a narrow beam
And my brother looked so proud
Like he woke up in this perfect dream
And I've know you all my life
But I knew you long before that too
Lets go dancing to the songs we wrote
When we lived in the shadow of the moon

I see colors
When I hear your voice
Grab your wings
They're putting gravity on trial
I see colors
I don't hear the noise
Sometimes you're only flying for a while
I could love you
In the falling rain
Grab your wings
This is a storm we're meant to ride
Like Synesthesia
Aboard a stalling plane
It's like we're only flying for a while

I see colors
When I hear your voice
Grab your wings
They're putting gravity on trial
I see colors
I don't fear the choice
Because we're only flying for a while
And I could love you
In the falling rain
Grab your wings
This is the storm we're meant to ride
Like Synesthesia
Aboard a stalling plane
Sometimes we're only flying for a while

I can see the colors running
When I hear the music play

Looking in your eyes
I was waiting with my black umbrella
Wearing your disguise
Now you're only wasting time on me
I know your every move
Baby girl you used to make me nervous
Shuffling the pages
Talking through a violent sleep


It will only take a little while
'Til your highs will become your lows
Barely moving then your running wild
Catching fire like your catching cold

Waiting for the change
Like your waiting for the rain I'll be there
Standing in the shadows underneath our family tree
I know your every move
Baby girl you gave the blood that saved me
I'll never leave your side
Now you'll always be a part of me

It will only take a little while
'Til your highs will become your lows
Barely moving then your running wild
Catching fire like your catching cold
If the moonlight comes to steal your smile
Call me up when your eyes don't close
It will only take a little while
Catching fire like your catching cold cold

It will only take a little while
'Til your highs will become my lows
Barely moving then your running wild
Catching fire like your catching cold
If the moonlight comes to steal your smile
Call me up when your eyes don't close
Keep on moving don't go running wild
Catching fire like your catching cold cold

Another set of white lines
Followed until the morning
Another deep end, deep end dive
Into a cold pool cut with chlorine

We were only 15
When we had to shake the shadow
Of a spirit drifting
And learned to dance in a world where there's no tomorrow
Lets learn to dance in a world where there's no tomorrow
No tomorrow

You can learn to dance
You can learn to dance
You can learn to dance
In this world you can learn to dance when there's no tomorrow
You can learn to dance
You can learn to dance
You can learn to dance
In this world we can learn to dance when there's no tomorrow

She was my twin sister
We saw the world through different lenses
Thought we found forgiveness
Then cut her hands and her arms
on our mended, mended fences

But she learned to dance
But she learned to dance
You can learn to dance
In this world you can learn to dance when there's no tomorrow
You can learn to dance
You can learn to dance
You can learn to dance
In this world we can learn to dance when there's no tomorrow

Now we live our own lives
But in the night when my spirits drifting
And I come up from the deep end dive
I see the eyes of my unborn children
And I'm filled with the love I will give them
Cause it's the love I was given
It's the love we were given
It's the love I will give them
To teach them

So they learn to dance
So they learn to dance
You can learn to dance
In this world you can learn to dance when there's no tomorrow
You can learn to dance
You can learn to dance
You can learn to dance
In this world you can learn to dance when there's no tomorrow

Why dream?
We're breaking out of this machine
Lets bathe the walls in gasoline
and watch the fires go

We'll burn this house
We'll raze the fence that keeps us in
The cabinets and the medicine
Beds like box cars in a row

And when the wave comes sweeping
The cold blood sleeping in your veins
Your veins
After the fire
The sun comes crashing
Through a could so black and full of rain
Of rain
After the fire
I swear one day
You will forget them locking us away
Away
After the fire

Locked in
The days will end as the begin
With yellow moonlight on your skin
This madhouse, it's no home
Let's go home
Get the matches
Cut the phone

And when the wave comes sweeping
The cold blood sleeping in your veins
Your veins
After the fire
The sun comes crashing
Through a could so black and full of rain
Of rain
After the fire
I swear one day
You will forget them locking us away
Away
After the fire

We were dancing with the ashes falling
We were singing by the open flame
Let it burn
Tomorrow is another day
We were dancing with the ashes falling
We were singing by the open flame
Let it burn
Tomorrow is another day

When the wave comes sweeping
The cold blood sleeping in your veins
Your veins
After the fire
The sun came crashing
Through a could so black and full of rain
Of rain
After the fire
I swear one day
We will forget them locking us away
Away
After the fire
We will forget them locking us away
Away
After the fire